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Please PM me and I will happily discuss, Thanks!

For sure and I will doing most of it from home so the overhead will be much lower than at the airport, I do need a wing and see that BAS always seems to have one which is Great. Hopefully one will surface in the Mid Atlantic area by the time I truly need it:) I attached a pic of the plane on a better day before the fall to help illustrate why I bought it, Best Mods are the 201 style Tips and Windshield also has an updated panel configuration cowl closure, gap seals and decent interior.

Hi Flyer, I agree 100% and It will be so sweet flying this thing cross country at triple the average speed I made towing it home !!! Cheers, Stuart

Hi Nick, I had no desire to cut the wing and tried to find a party willing to do the repairs but none were willing to do so.I had to remove the entire airplane and cutting was the only way to get it all gone. Basically, this airplane has everything I wanted, and the price was right. The experience was positive for me overall. It would have cost me 25k had I paid another party to do this. Now I am fully versed in the process and can hopefully help others needing to transport the same way. Stuart

Hello Mooniacs! After Many frustrating months I recovered the Mooney I bought back in November 2024 and got her home Today Saturday Sept 6th. Having gotten quotes from multiple transport companies I decided to do the job myself. I needed to unbolt the wing for a 3k drive not separate the tailcone as is commonly done these days for short hauls. Starting off from Dinwiddie Virginia Last Thursday at 0400 I made the first overnight in Lincoln NE around 1300 miles. Day 2 was Lincoln to Ontario Oregon and around 1100 miles. Day three was a pleasure with only about 600 miles to cover arriving in Auburn Washington at Noon on Saturday. The inbound trip was only completed this quickly because I had previously airlined out and purchased the trailer for the return ahead of time. In addition all the flight controls and tail were removed the same weekend as the trailer was purchased back in February so that was a good head start. Previously I was heading out to Washington Memorial day weekend and hit a dear in WV so that was a big setback! Virtually all the work was done by myself other than loading the trailer and some tool holding in order to unbolt and unscrew the floor. Of course this took much preplanning and multiple Jacks etc to accomplish but worked out quite well considering very limit help. Departing Tuesday night loaded for bear and constantly mountain climbing It took 3.5 days to get home. This required 5 or 6 gas stops daily along with cargo checks and was not nearly as carefree understandably towing a heavy trailer. Unfortunately I did have to section the wing and My prior invitations to have someone adopt it/repair found no takers.The aircraft fell off jacks prior to me buying it and had a large wound in both wings from that event. I will have the fuselage at my home shop hopefully completing the panel(needs extensive work as It’s basically empty)Along with extensive cleaning/inspection etc. I hope to chronicle the work here and It’s going to be an 18-24 month timeframe most likely In the meantime I need a wing so If anyone has a decent one gathering dust please PM me. Thanks for reading my short summary of what’s already been a 10 month journey. Im looking forward to the Process of returning this excellent airplane to the sky! Cheers, Stuart

Here is the Updated Procedure Indeed “Quite different than the old” As Hank pointed out….

Great points ! I would never suggest anyone “Lift” an aircraft using the propeller or the engine mount either. The tailweight in the pic is similar to the one I use. Its pinned to the tail before jacking and as the nose-wheel leaves the ground takes up the weight and hopefully prevents any potential damage.

Wisdom from Mooney….AMM

Yes,I can verify the correct Jackpoints were in the wing when I evaluated the aircraft. My understanding is the tailweight let go overcoming the jackpoints falling forward. Don’t know the tailweight setup used at the time but doubt it’s one like I own being full of concrete and pinned to the tail! Stuart

From flying Magazine Magic Mooney 201 PIA BERGQVIST Updated Nov 11, 2021 9:32 AM EST LoPresti also fitted the M20J with new sculpted wingtips in 1981, although no speed improvement was seen with this modification. However, Wheat said the square wingtip design of prior M20 models produced turbulence at the outboard 10 to 12 inches of the ailerons. LoPresti’s wingtip design made a “noticeable improvement in the handling” by making the airflow over the ailerons smoother, which reduced the control wheel loads and created a faster roll rate, Wheat said. I Think this sums it up very well ! The tips improve handling and look dynamite doing so Stuart

Here is the 65C for comparison. Obviously the aileron is deflected(Sorry) Hopefully it will allow a reasonable comparison nevertheless. Stuart

I appreciate your Effort in doing so,It’s possible that The Drawing was filed when the 337 was submitted to the FAA. In my case I have the 337 and STC but no Drawing. If you’d like the complete record of Documents submitted to the Feds for your Aircrafts life just fill out the form here and wait a while.(assuming you didn’t already know) https://aircraft.faa.gov/e.gov/ND/ Stuart

Thanks Hank, If you happen to have the installation drawing referenced in the STC I’d love to have a copy Stuart

Here is the STC that I “believe” is for these tips Does anyone have the installation drawing referenced in the STC? Is the fence shown on my pic (65 C model) installed on everyone’s C with these tips? Stuart